These are some of my favorite Portland family mini portrait sessions from this Fall…

This first session was on a beautiful property near Hillsboro out in the country. The property had an incredible little vineyard on it. The surrounding trees were on fire with various deep purples, yellows, reds, and greens. It was breathtaking!

The second session was a fun challenge! It was raining BUCKETS, but the client was sure they wanted to continue with the in-home/outdoor session. They have an amazing yard with a forest and creek and gazebo, so we hopped around (in rain boots) to various locations on their property and shot a little inside, too. It’s hard to imagine, but it was basically dark outside when we were shooting. And it was barely 4 pm in October. Gotta love the PNW.  Thank goodness for an awesome camera that allows me to shoot in situations like that without too much hinderance.  They were great sports and we had fun and made do with the rain and beautiful surroundings! Who needs a super formal family portrait when you can gather ’round in your Portland rain gear and be your beautiful self?!

I’m so grateful for both these BEAUTIFUL families! Isn’t Oregon gorgeous, too?!

This large board washed up onto “land” from their stream. It was a bridge across the stream a few hours earlier.